Snowy Nights
This tutorial was created by me on December 4, 2008.
Any similarities to any other tutorial are purely accidental and not intentional.
Please do not copy or post on another site without permission.
I’m using the fabulous licensed work of Jennifer Janesko which can be purchased at CILM
Supplies needed:
PSP
(I wrote this in X but any version will work)
Animation Shop
Plugins: Xero > Porcelain HERE
Eye Candy > Gradient Glow
Tube of choice
Font of choice - I used Passions Conflict ROB (PTU)
Scrap Kit (PTU): Snowy Nights by Sophisticat Simone available at
Up Your Art HERE
(visit Simone’s blog HERE)
Let’s get started!
Download and unzip your filter to your filters folder
Open a new canvas, 800 X 800 (we’ll resize later)
Flood fill with white
Open Wreath-Plain
Copy and paste a onto your canvas
Resize by 115% and sharpen
Add a drop shadow
0, 0, 80, 10
Open p1
Open Frame-5
Copy and paste onto your paper
With your magic wand, click outside the frame
Selections > Modify > Smooth
(set both values to 10 and both boxes checked)
Click on your paper and hit delete
Click on your frame layer
With your magic wand again, click inside the frame
Selections > Modify > Expand by 3
Selections > Modify > Smooth
Hit Ok
Click on your paper layer and hit delete
Sharpen your frame once and merge visible
Copy and paste onto your canvas and center on wreath
Resize by 130%
Open Image 20
Resize by 50%
Copy and paste onto your canvas and position at the top left of your frame
Drag below wreath layer
Duplicate snowflake and mirror
Duplicate > Flip
Duplicate > Mirror
Merge snowflakes together and sharpen
Open Tying the Knot-3
Image > Rotate right
Copy and paste onto your canvas and position on the right side of your frame
Use your raster deform tool to stretch the ribbon so that it’s longer then the frame a bit at the top and bottom
Open CallaLillies1
Resize by 70%
Copy and paste onto your canvas and position over the bow knot
(see mine for placement)
Zoom in on the knot and drop the opacity of the flower so you can see the knot through it
Click on your eraser tool
Drop the hardness and opacity to about 60 and erase the stems that are covering the knot
Click on your frame layer
Click outside y our frame with your magic wand
Selections > Modify > Smooth
Hit Ok
Click on your ribbon layer and hit delete
Merge your flowers with your ribbon and then merge down with your frame
Add same drop shadow
Copy and paste your tube and position to your liking
Effects > Xero > Porcelain
Use the default settings and hit Ok
Add same drop shadow
Open your starglitter
Using your rectangle selection tool, select one of the glitter strands
Copy and paste onto your canvas and position on your wreath.
Duplicate the strand to your liking and decorate as you wish
When you are happy with the results, merge your starglitter layers
Add a drop shadow
2, 0, 50, 2
Open Swirly Ivy 3
Image > Rotate Left
Resize by 85%
Copy and paste onto your canvas and position towards the bottom of your frame
Sharpen and add a drop shadow
0, 0, 80, 10
Duplicate layer and move down a bit
Open one of your message boards
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Free rotate 20 degrees left and position at the top left of your frame
Sharpen and add same drop shadow
Open papers 1 and 5
Set your materials background to pattern and find paper 5
Angle = 0
Scale = 50
Set your foreground to pattern and find paper 1
Angle = 0
Scale = 25
Choose a font that you like and type out your text
Convert to raster and add a drop shadow
4, 4, 60 4
Add a gradient glow
(I used white, with a width of 10 pixels and an opacity of 50)
Add your copyright information
Hide your white background and merge your layers together
Image > Resize to 500 X 500, all layers checked
Sharpen and save as .png
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